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In 1891 Monforts developed the first 24-roller napping machine (also called raising machine) which led to a significant improvement in the napping process. Only nine years after its founding, Monforts received the highest accolades at the World Fair in Chicago for the models exhibited there. A napping machine is for raising a nap on a fabric or textile.
The machine engineering company MONTFORTS was founded in 1884 by August Monforts who was born on 18 September 1850 in Gerderath on the Lower Rhine. In the year of founding, the company has 52 employees at the works in the Kronprinzenstrasse in Mönchengladbach.
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In 1891 Monforts developed the first 24-roller napping machine (also called raising machine) which led to a significant improvement in the napping process. Only nine years after its founding, Monforts received the highest accolades at the World Fair in Chicago for the models exhibited there. A napping machine is for raising a nap on a fabric or textile.
The machine engineering company MONTFORTS was founded in 1884 by August Monforts who was born on 18 September 1850 in Gerderath on the Lower Rhine. In the year of founding, the company has 52 employees at the works in the Kronprinzenstrasse in Mönchengladbach.
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A so called "Stofflegemaschine" or "fabric laying machine", produced by "Rossweiner Maschinenfabrik AG" (Sachsen, Germany) - hall 1.
Machine by "VEB Spinn- und Zwirnereimaschinenbau Karl-Marx-Stadt" (1964) - Former textile mill "Tuchfabrik Gebrüder Pfau" (1865-1990)
Abandoned textile mill (1851-2004)
Another dyeing machine, made by Maschinenfabrik Moritz Jahr AG - Gera
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Abandoned textile mill (1851-2004)
Dyeing machine, made by C.A. Gruschwitz AG, Olbersdorf-Sachsen
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A "Selfaktor" is a fully automatic spinning machine.
Textile mill "Tuchfabrik Gebrüder Pfau" (1865-1990)
A drying machine, made by "Maschinenfabrik Zell im Wiesental" - 1945
Abandoned Textile Mill A. (1851-2004)
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Made by "Bekel & Reif Feinmechanik und Maschinenbau" in Zittau (1967) - Former textile mill "Tuchfabrik Gebrüder Pfau" (1865-1990)
Machine "Textima" made by "VEB Spinn- und Zwirnereimaschinenbau Karl-Marx-Stadt" (1964)
Former textile mill "Tuchfabrik Gebrüder Pfau" (1865-1990)
Machine "Textima" made by "VEB Spinn- und Zwirnereimaschinenbau Karl-Marx-Stadt" (1964) - Former textile mill "Tuchfabrik Gebrüder Pfau" (1865-1990)
While the weaving mill part is still full of machines, this spinning mill part is more or less empty.
Abandoned Textile Mill (1851-2004)
Autoconer winding machine, made by Schlafhorst - Mönichgladbach. Schlafhorst - founded 1880 - is one of the many textile machine companies, which had to close after a long history. Schlafhorst for instance was a family run company for 125 years and once had 5000 employees.
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The "Carl Hamel Aktiengesellschaft" was a factory for twisting and spinning machines in Siegmar-Schönau near Chemnitz, Germany.
Former textile mill "Tuchfabrik Gebrüder Pfau" (1865-1990)